Practice Questions Theme7

Theme 7– The United States in the Caribbean, 1776 – 1985
Question 1.
Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow.
The United States of America watched with apprehension as the Dominican Republic borrowed from
European creditors by pledging its custom duties as security. As indebtedness grew so did government
inefficiency and corruption.
Adapted from James Ferguson,
The Story of the Caribbean People. Kingston:
Ian Randle Publishers,1998, p. 214.

(a) Discuss THREE reasons why the United States of America was concerned about developments
in the Dominican Republic in the early 1900s. ( 9 marks)
(b) Examine FOUR features of United States involvement in the Dominican Republic in 1916.
(16 marks)
Total 25 marks

Question 2
Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow.
One of the biggest changes in American society came in the 1950s and 1960s when black people were
integrated as full citizens through court orders and changes in laws. These events were closely followed
in the Caribbean.
Adapted from Lennox Honychurch,
The Caribbean People, Third Edition.
Nelson Thornes, 2006, p. 171.

(a) Discuss THREE reasons why the Civil Rights Movement in the USA appealed to Caribbean people.
( 9 marks)
(b) Examine FOUR ways in which the Civil Rights Movement influenced the Caribbean.
(16 marks)

Total 25 marks

Theme 7 : The United States in the Caribbean, 1776 – 1985
Question 3.
Discuss THREE reasons why the United States of America intervened in Haiti in early 1915 and THREE
measures they took to resolve the situation in Haiti.
Total 25 marks

Question 4.
Examine THREE political and THREE economic measures taken by Fidel Castro which contributed to
the survival of the 1959 Cuban Revolution.
Total 25 marks

Question 5.
Discuss the factors that caused the United States of America to invade Grenada and remove the
Revolutionary Military Council (RMC) in 1983. Discuss at least SIX factors.

Total 25 marks

Question 6.
Discuss the effects of Fidel Castro’s Cuban revolution on the Caribbean between 1958 and 1985 in terms of
(a) the spread of US political and economic influence, and
(b) the Cold War.
Discuss at least THREE effects for EACH area.

Total 25 marks

Question 7.
Examine the reasons for the United States’ increasing interest in the Caribbean between 1776 and 1870.
You are required to argue at least FIVE points from any TWO of the following areas:
• Defence
• Expansionism
• Trade and investment
• Ideology

Total 25 marks

Question 8.
Assess the measures adopted by the United States of America between 1959 and 1962 in response to the
Castro revolution in Cuba.
You are required to argue at least FIVE points from any TWO of the following areas:
• Political and economic embargo
• Ideological warfare
• Military intervention
• International pressure

Total 25 marks

9 . Examine THREE economic and TWO political consequences of the United States involvement
in Cuba between 1898 and 1985.

Total 25 marks

10. Examine THREE political and TWO cultural effects of United States involvement in the English speaking
Caribbean between 1939 and 1985.

Total 25 marks